Shana Hazan works at Jewish Family Service (JFS), where she
oversees all aspects of the Hand Up Youth Food Pantry’s teen leadership
programs, including a thriving Student Executive Committee and a network of
Hand Up Clubs at 10 area high schools.
Under her direction local teens engage in issue advocacy, food drive
coordination, volunteer management, in addition to planning innovative
awareness raising fundraisers, like Rock Out for Hunger. Shana also manages corporate donor
outreach and affinity group development for Jewish Family Service. In this capacity she launched Emerging
Leaders at JFS in the fall of 2009 along with the Ruby Schulman Memorial Golf
Tournament. This group boasts over 35 young professionals who support JFS
though philanthropy and service.
Shana holds an MS Ed. from the School of Education and
Social Policy at Northwestern University and a BA in Political Science from the
University of Wisconsin. Before
returning to her native San Diego she worked in Public Relations, taught
elementary school in Chicago’s inner city, and served as the Safe Routes to
School Director for Active Transportation Alliance in Chicago, where she was
actively involved in advocacy and program development to reduce childhood
obesity by increasing physical activity and active transportation across
Illinois.
In addition to serving on YNPN’s Advisory Board , Shana is
Marketing Committee Chair and Advisory Board Member for Run Women Run and on
the advisory board of Stanley E. Foster Construction Tech Academy. Shana also lends her time to Crystal
Crawford’s 2010 State Assembly campaign.
In late 2009, she brought together community partners to present the
first annual Evening of Empowerment for Young Women. Shana was profiled on San Diego News Network’s 35 Under List
of Community Leaders in 2010.
